I have to disagree on this. I think the director should be called whenever necessary. I was a novice not too long ago and I never felt intimidated when the director was called - usually it was a relief to have the director come and sort out what was going on ...

@John Miller - I second this - I have about 1,600 mp, but my husband has over 5,000. We play together a lot, but I always have to play up because of him. We have qualified for day 2 of several national pairs events in the past few years which ...

We go to Columbus every year for about 10 days at Christmas and sometimes for a long weekend or a week in the summer to visit family. Columbus is really a nice city. I think it will be a wonderful place for an NABC. We have played at a couple ...

Wow - we probaby won't be playing in as many events as originally planned due to this increase in fees. It is a lot cheaper to go snorkeling and have a nice dinner. At least we will have a nice vacation in Hawaii.

I find when flying west, it isn't hard to adjust to the time change like it is when flying east. We went to Hawaii in January and played one day at the regional. We adjusted easily to the time change and playing afternoon and evening wasn't difficult at ...